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Paul Credle - Tullahoma |
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Ron Bailey - Winchester |
HAVE YOU PAID YOUR 2016 TVW DUES? The
membership chairman, after the April club meeting, removed the names
of people that did not pay their dues for the year 2015 and have
not, thus far, paid their 2016 dues. If you have forgotten to pay
your TVW club dues, please contact Chuck Taylor, membership
chairman, or Paul Jalbert, treasurer, to get your name back on the
membership listing.
It’s our Annual Spring Picnic!
Saturday, May 14, 2016
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This all happens at beautiful Falls Mill…
(134 Falls Mill Rd.,
Checklist of things to bring:
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Your favorite covered dish (the club will provide drinks,
plates, and utensils)
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Something for the Auction (and your checkbook J)
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Lawn chairs
TVWW friends and
families!
See you May 14
The Turning Bee is an event in which newer
wood turners are paired with a mentor for a hands-on experience to get
instruction and advice on how to turn a bowl. This event has spawned the
careers of many TVW members in the wood turning skill.
It is a great learning environment and even better fellowship with other
club members.
If you have not previously
registered to attend the event, you need to contact Larry Wendland
(contact information below) soon and get your name on the list. They
need to know soon, in order to prepare enough bowl blanks for everyone.
You are invited to attend this
year’s event at Larry Wendland’s shop for some turning tutorial and some
camaraderie with fellow woodworkers.
Date: June 25, 2016
Time: 8 AM until we’re done
Cost: $10 each
Location: 224 Dunk Blanton Road, Tullahoma TN, 37388
Contact: Ph. (931) 563-7445 [email protected]
Unless you’ve already enrolled, please
contact Larry to confirm your plan to attend.
This “once in a lifetime” experience only
happens once a year.
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Loyd Ackerman brought in pictures of a
plaque he made for the "Donor Tree" he made with his CNC
machine for the Lobby of the Manchester Arts Center. He also
brought
a
clock, featuring a negative relief picture made from Corian,
and cut on his CNC machine, which he had cut as the main accent
for the clock. The cutout was back lit with LED lights. |
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Doyle McConnell showed us a trick which cleans the buildup off
of saw blades.
Soak the Sawblade in Ammonia for about 30 Minutes, then brush lightly with a brush. He then showed us the beautiful pepper mills made from oak and cedar, the wood coming from the old family home which had been in the family for generations. |
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Doug Dunlap drought in a
segmented vase, made from 180 pieces of oak and cherry
woods. He claimed to have messed it up, and corrected it by
making another one, this time using 193 pieces to get his
proportions correct. |
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Bob Stancil showed us several wooden
bowls he had turned from Magnolia wood. Several were around
12 inches,
deep sided, which he had to made a special tool rest for. He also brought a
cherry bowl carved from the burrel, finished with Danish
oil,and a
bowl turned from the crotch of a hickory tree. It was bell
shaped, and about 10 inches. |
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Ross Roepke brought in a rocking horse he had made about 28 years ago for his first grandchild. He saw the plans in a wood working magazine years earlier, and has now made 3 for his children, and several for the grandkids. |
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Jim Everett brought in pictures of the intarsia piece he is working on entitled "Riding with Private Ryan", based from a song by the same title. He is also working on a new piece for the Wounded Warrior project and Homeward Bound, severL charities helping the PTSD vetterans, for which Charlie Daniels is helping him to get signed by other Musicians. |
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Bob Addington
brought in a
rocking chair he cut from MDF on his CNC machine for his
grandchildren, that come apart, and when assembled, are held
together by one plug. |
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John Hartin
brought three
bowls one a tulip shaped bowl he turned from scrap spalted
hackberry, and a natural edged tulip shade bowl, both turned
with the golden ratio in mind while making them. He also gave a
short demonstration on how not following the golden ratio can
give a perfect piece a sense of not looking right. |
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Judy Bennett
brought in her intarsia niece featuring a
qualia bear, which she will be sending to NC as a baby gift.
It's features woods from spalted Cherry, maple, walnut, and
finished with a semi gloss finish. |
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Felix Rees brought
in a
turned lamp, with a 10 inch base, made from red oak and
walnut, sealed with a polyurethane sealer. |
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Noel Johnson showed us a Scandinavian natural edge bowl, which is called a Royal Paulownia Bowl, very light weight, made from cherry wood. He sealed the edge with CA glue to stabilize it while turning, and kept blowing air through it from behind to help to dry it as he was turning it. |
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Paul Jalbert showed us the sharpening jig he made to help him to keep his carving tools always at the peak performance. He also brought the plans, and gave a brief demo on how to make it. It was made from cherry and covered in polyurethane. |
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Mickey Knowles brought in a 12 inch bowl he turned from a spalted maple. It had a bad portion in the wood, which he fixed with coffee grounds, sawdust, and CA glue. He used a cellulose sealer, and finished it with a food grade wax. |
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Greg Myers showed us the Christmas ornaments he had turned on the lathe, and a cherry bowl. He had finished them with a high speed turning polish. |
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Jim Van Cleave
brought in
several serving trays he made for his wife several years
ago. They were made from walnut wood, and one of them had
handles on it. He made them using a router and a cardboard
cutout pattern. He suggests starting off with good grained
walnut, and about 10 lbs. of sandpaper. He also made a small
matching table to go with the trays. |
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Conquering the final frontier of dust
collection My stationary belt sander was one of the few tools I had without a dust-collection port. This was a big-time problem because fine sanding dust remains suspended in the air for a long time. To tackle this challenge, I devised a dust-collection hood out of 3″ PVC pipe. I began by cutting a collection slot into the 3″ pipe and glued a PVC test cap on the end. I then mounted the pipe to a slab of medium-density fiberboard (MDF) attached to the belt sander stand at the outfeed end of the belt. After a few wraps of duct tape around the free end of the PVC to increase its diameter, a 4″ dust-collection hose slips over the pipe and is held in place with a band clamp. —Roy Davis, Phoenix Courtesy of Wood Magazine |
Always wear your
safety glasses in the shop
